diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 19449320687c..92419d2726a0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ fail_drop:
 	trace_f2fs_new_inode(inode, err);
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	if (nid_free)
 		set_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);
 	clear_nlink(inode);